The Manhattan Project
Science Fiction
Thriller
Paul Stevens' high school science project has gotten a little out of hand. He just built an atomic bomb. Now he's got 11 hours to make sure it doesn't work.
A gifted high school student steals plutonium from the secret nuclear weapons facility in his home town in order to construct his own nuclear bomb, win a national science fair, and expose the government's secrets.
1986-06-13
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Cast
Director
Marshall Brickman
John Lithgow as John Mathewson
Christopher Collet as Paul Stephens
Cynthia Nixon as Jenny Anderman
Jill Eikenberry as Elizabeth Stephens
John Mahoney as Lt. Col. Conroy
Richard Jenkins as Radiation Controls Officer
Sully Boyar as Night Guard
Timothy Carhart as Relief Guard
Gregg Edelman as Science Teacher
JD Cullum as Eccles (as John David Cullum)
Robert Sean Leonard as Max
Fred Melamed as Howard
Ned Eisenberg as C-4 Guy (uncredited)
Richard Council as Government Aide
Robert Schenkkan as Government Aide
Steve Blum as Laser Efficiency Kid (as Richard Cardona)
Adrian Sparks as Scientist
Geoffrey Nauffts as Craig
Harlan Cary Poe as Local FBI
Ned Schmidtke as Jenny's Parent
Manny Jacobs as Moore
Bruce Smolanoff as Flirting Kid
John Doumanian as Cabbie
Tom Tarpey as Injection Doctor
Roger Caine as FBI (as Alec Massey)
Peter McRobbie as Electronics
Warren Keith as Computer
Bruce Jarchow as Interrogator
Stephen Markle as Interrogator
Al Cerullo as Helicopter Pilot
Frank Ferrara Sr. as SWAT
Dan Butler as SWAT
Steve Zettler as SWAT
Debbie Gibson as Background (uncredited)